Wife of Bath's Tale

Who is the author of the Canterbury Tales?

• Shakespeare
• Ovid 
• Chaucer
• Homer

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What crime does the knight in the Wife's Tale commit?

• perjury
• murder
• kidnapping
• rape

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What is the Knight's original sentence by King Arthur?

• banishment
• torture
• beheading
• imprisonment

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What quest is the Knight sent on?

• He is to find the holy grail.
• He is to find what women most desire.
• He is to find Excaliber.
• He is to find out what women need.

How long does the Knight have to complete his quest?

• one year
• one week
• a year and a day
• a month and a day

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What does the Wife's allusion to Ovid's myth of King Midas and his wife imply about women?

• Women want capable lovers.
• Women can't keep secrets.
• Women want gold.
• Women can't be faithful.

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What body part of Midas was transformed into a donkey?

• his ears
• his butt
• his legs
• his teeth

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Who finally gives the Knight the correct answer to the question?

• a beautiful fairy

• a nymph

• an old hag

• a maiden

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Before he sees the old woman in the woods, he sees-

• a figure of death
• his face in a pool of water
• more than 24 dancing ladies
• his future in a dream

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In exchange for giving the knight the correct answer & saving his life, what does the hag want?

• titles
• a child
• wealth
• marriage

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